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Species of mammal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Van Sung's shrew (Chodsigoa caovansunga), also known as Cao Van Sung mountain shrew[3] is a species of shrew in the Soricomorpha order.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Specimens of Chodsigoa caovansunga have been found in Vietnam.[13][14]
Van Sung's shrew | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Chodsigoa |
Species: | C. caovansunga |
Binomial name | |
Chodsigoa caovansunga (Lunde, Musser and Son, 2003)[1] | |
Van Sung's shrew range | |
Synonyms | |
Soriculus caovansunga (Lunde, Musser & Son, 2003)[2] |
Chodsigoa caovansunga was named after Cao Van Sung, a small-mammal specialist at the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources in Hanoi. The type locality is situated at 1,500 m (4,900 ft) altitude (22° 45'27 "N 104° 49'49" W) on Mount Tay Con Linh II in the town of Cao Bo, district Vi Xuyen, in the province of Ha Giang. C. caovansunga a small species with a relatively short tail without brush of long hair on its end. The hands and feet are brownish in color.[14]
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